Dismantling the kitchen today. I finally got rid of the ultra cool, but non-working 1950s stove. Greg and I took it to the dump today and left it for some dude to shoot at. It's huntin' season here and all of the appliances in the scrap pile had multiple bullet holes in them! Here is the before shot:

Found a lovely mouse nest with a lot of seeds in it...like thousands of tiny seeds found in the box that surrounded the light over the sink. Also found a leak. The interior of the boards between the kitchen space and the stairs are all wet. Finding all the nasty carpet again too. MMM rot behind the sink...gotta replace a few of the board on the back of the house. Here is the after photo...still not ready for architectural digest yet!

Hmmmm... a bit of rot behind the sink and below the window. The second leak is from the upstairs window

When I pulled out the fridge, I found the old cellar stairway that has been blocked up. It runs under the second floor stairway.
Some over zealous homeowner decided at some point he or she would stick that linoleum down once and for all...and then they screwed it down...with over 20 friggin'screws in a 3 x8" rectagle! I was able to get about half out and then I stripped the others. What a bitch! embiggen the picture below to see the crazy screw job.